The Darien resident and CPA has relaunched his compliance, financial and human-resources service company. The business targets start-up and emerging hedge and private equity fund operators.

"Start up companies are an important source of economic growth in southern Connecticut," Glick said, "but how well they do in their first 12-18 months is a key factor in their future success."

Start U Up provides financial services on a part-time basis to organizations that can not yet afford a full-time CFO, but require those services for growth and strategy. The company's clients include a sovereign wealth manager, hedge fund, private equity fund, and the treasury department of a global beverage manufacturer. Glick also has alliances with other service providers such as IT, legal, insurance and public relations.

"I pride myself on maintaining a network of professionals to provide my clients with the needed specialists on a timely basis," Glick said. "We act as a true CFO for our clients."

Glick founded Start U Up in 2004, but due to the economic meltdown in 2008, took a full-time CFO job with one of his clients, the Greenwich firm Sagard. Now Glick is getting back in the entrepreneur game. He has been working in the financial field since the 1980s and worked for 16 years as CFO at Greenwich-based Almaz, a company that traded precious metals.

Start U Up is well-versed is compliance issues such as the Dodd-Frank Act. For example, Glick said, as a result of Dodd-Frank, many investment managers will be required to register as a "Registered Investment Advisor" with the SEC for the first time.

"This process is time consuming and most managers do not have the technical expertise to register using internal resources," Glick said.